Fifty years before this documentary, in 1960, the French colonies in Africa became independent.

But independence did not mean for the French power to lose all control and influence: General de Gaulle entrusted Jacques Foccart with the establishment of a system which aimed to keep control of the former colonies, by means, legal or illegal.

[1][2] This system was called “Françafrique”, although this neologism was invented in 1955 by Félix Houphouët-Boigny to designate something else at the time, a hope for harmonious collaboration between the metropolis and its colonies on the African continent.

[3] These two 80-minute films, show the coherence of a certain number of events: the Biafra war, the semi-official actions of the mercenary Bob Denard, the Diamonds Affair, the civil wars in the Republic of Congo and Angola, the Elf Affair [fr], the dismissal of minister Jean-Marie Bockel at the request of Omar Bongo, uranium in Niger, etc.

[4][5][6] Behind these events, there is, from de Gaulle to Sarkozy, via François Mitterrand, a ruthless logic of support for African dictatorships, rigged elections, political crimes and corruption.